Record Setting Deluge for Central Arizona - January 26, 2013

An unseasonably moist airmass streamed into Arizona on Friday night, and in combination with a weather disturbance moving north from the Baja of Mexico, created a wide swath of moderate rain across central Arizona. This airmass sampled from a weather balloon in Tucson was actually the wettest environment ever sampled during the month of January (since balloon launches in 1950). As a result, the subsequent rainfall led to record amounts for the date, and actually became the 7th wettest January day on record for Phoenix. Below are a list of the top 10 wettest January days: